# TEI P4 Beta: Reference Documentation

`<rs>` | (referencing string) contains a general purpose name or referring string.

Attributes:

`type` | indicates more specifically the object referred to by the referencing string. Values might include ``person'', ``place'', ``ship'', ``element'' etc.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: Any string of characters.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example

    <q>My dear <rs type=person>Mr. Bennet</rs>, </q>
    said <rs type=person>his lady</rs> to him one day,
    <q>have you heard that <rs type=place>Netherfield
    Park</rs> is let at last?</q>

Note
Tagsetcommon tag set for common core features
Classdata, names [and indirectly also:] phrase
Filename`teicore2`
Parentsab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin affiliation attDef author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera caption case castItem catDesc cell channel cl classCode classDoc closer colloc constitution corr country creation damage dataDesc date dateRange def del derivation desc descrip distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph entDoc equiv etym expan extent fDescr factuality figDesc firstLang foreign forename form fsDescr funder fw gen genName gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur interaction item itype l label lang langKnown language lbl lem locale measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num number occasion occupation opener orgDivn orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth otherForm p per persName phr placeName pos preparedness principal pron pubPlace publisher purpose q quote rdg re ref reg region rendition residence resp restore role roleDesc roleName rs s salute seg sense set settlement sic signed soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname syll symbol tagDoc tagUsage tech term time timeRange title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg valDesc view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Children#PCDATA abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT rs            - -  (%phrase.seq)                      >
    <!ATTLIST rs                 %a.global
                                 %a.names
              type               CDATA               #IMPLIED       >

See 20.1 ; 6.4.1

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